Beyond the Blue
Beyond the Blue
Photographer ~ Mark Harris
Mark is an early adopter of Micro Four Thirds technology. He uses the Panasonic GF1 series with an INON housing and strobes. A former UK freediving champion, he retired to seek new challenges ... and cavort with dolphins.
"Who said you should never compromise? Not the ones you have to make, but the ones you choose to. Do so with courage, ambition and flair! I chose Micro Fourth Thirds as my underwater image recording technology.
My images record onto a sensor that is a little smaller than most digital SLRs, and that sits within a camera body that is also significantly smaller. That camera body has a housing which again, is a fraction of the volume of a housed SLR.
Since I prefer to freedive for my images, except for the ones where I cannot, it means that I can easily slipstream beneath the waves. I’m often devoid of cumbersome SCUBA equipment and am able to alternate between surface and depth with little regard for decompression. It makes me more manoeuvrable and hydrodynamic. Although my camera creates some drag, it will always be less than if I had an SLR in tow. So I can stay underwater longer, and increase the surface of image taking opportunity. This is a compromise I stand by!
The more I am part of the water, the less I fight against it and the better I am accepted by its occupants. To me, this is the essence of underwater photography."
Photographer ~ Mark Harris
Mark is an early adopter of Micro Four Thirds technology. He uses the Panasonic GF1 series with an INON housing and strobes. A former UK freediving champion, he retired to seek new challenges ... and cavort with dolphins.
"Who said you should never compromise? Not the ones you have to make, but the ones you choose to. Do so with courage, ambition and flair! I chose Micro Fourth Thirds as my underwater image recording technology.
My images record onto a sensor that is a little smaller than most digital SLRs, and that sits within a camera body that is also significantly smaller. That camera body has a housing which again, is a fraction of the volume of a housed SLR.
Since I prefer to freedive for my images, except for the ones where I cannot, it means that I can easily slipstream beneath the waves. I’m often devoid of cumbersome SCUBA equipment and am able to alternate between surface and depth with little regard for decompression. It makes me more manoeuvrable and hydrodynamic. Although my camera creates some drag, it will always be less than if I had an SLR in tow. So I can stay underwater longer, and increase the surface of image taking opportunity. This is a compromise I stand by!
The more I am part of the water, the less I fight against it and the better I am accepted by its occupants. To me, this is the essence of underwater photography."